/**
 * Copyright IBM Corporation 2018
 *
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 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
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 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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import Foundation

/**
 A class that conforms to `BodyEncoder` must be able to encode a `Codable` type into `Data`.
 This class can then be used to produce output objects for a Codable route.
 */
public protocol BodyEncoder: AnyObject {
    /// Encode an `Encodable` type to a `Data`, using this `BodyEncoder`.
    func encode<T : Encodable>(_ value: T) throws -> Data
}
extension JSONEncoder: BodyEncoder {}

